Masculine

potasio

Synonyms

kalium

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
po‧ta‧sio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/poˈtasjo/
Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin potassium, from English potassium, coined in 1807 by Humphrey Davy, from English potash, from Dutch potasch, from Middle Dutch pottaschen (literally “pot ashes”), ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”) and *askǭ (“ash”).

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